Category Archives: Developmental AI

AIs and Human-Compatible Values

Posted on June 19, 2024 by mjs

A widespread public concern is that AIs are not trustworthy because they lack human values. Meanwhile, there has been little discussion in AI research, education, and policy statements about the nature of values or how they are acquired. Salient insights … Continue reading →

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What AIs are not Learning (and Why)

Posted on March 9, 2024 by mjs

Today’s robots do not learn the general skills needed for such services as providing home care, being nursing assistants, or doing household chores. Addressing such aspirational goals requires improving how AIs and robots are created. Today’s mainstream AIs are not … Continue reading →

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Bootstrapping Developmental AIs

Posted on August 11, 2023 by mjs

Developmental AI creates embodied AIs that develop human-like abilities. In a bootstrapping approach to developmental AI, the AIs start with innate competences and learn more by interacting with the world including people. Developmental AIs have been demonstrated, but their abilities … Continue reading →

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